Brian McCann has already caught more than his share of innings in the first half, and Chipper Jones has been battling three or four different injuries. Both of those were probably expected this year, and both problems won’t be going away this week. McCann and Jones are the two Braves headed to the All-Star Game […]
Category: Braves
Atlanta trip pictures
I plan on having some captions for these at some point, but you can get the general idea what’s going on: I went to some Braves games and saw a few other things in between. http://picasaweb.google.com/s/c/bin/slideshow.swf
Just checking in…
I’m back from a fun weekend trip to Atlanta to see all 3 games of the Braves’ series against the Astros. As a result of the trip, I haven’t had the chance to put any of the stat pages together or do any meaningful analysis. I’m also going to be out of pocket for a […]
Outfield Suggestions
Mark Kotsay returned from the DL to play in last night’s game, but the Braves’ outfield remains one of the league’s worst at the season’s halfway point. I’ll quickly analyze the current players, minor leagues, and trade possibilities to figure out how the Braves might improve their currently dismal situation. Active Roster and Disabled List […]
Braves Check: Halfway Home
The Braves are going to have to start winning series against teams like the Brewers and Blue Jays if they’re going to make a serious run at the playoffs. A 2-4 week is not a good week, regardless of who’s hurt. Five of the eight starting position players (everyone except Teixeira, McCann, and Francoeur) are […]
Braves Check: June 23, 2008
Another road trip has mercifully come to an end with a 2-2 finish at Colorado and Texas. The Mariners came into town on Friday having fired both their GM and manager, and the Braves battled through injuries to win two of three, finishing the week at 4-3. Going back to the series win in Anaheim, […]
Braves Resources
I’ve always wanted a sort of one-stop shop for Braves resources. With all the web resources available today, it would certainly be possible to create a web “dashboard” for the Braves (something like iGoogle): stats from FanGraphs in one module, the upcoming schedule and probable pitchers in another, and a live scoreboard in another. I […]
Braves Check: June 16, 2008
During last night’s ESPN broadcast, Jon Miller referred to this past week as the “Week from Hell” for the Braves, and I’m not inclined to say any different, even though they won two road games against the team that had the best record in the AL. Braves fans may have already seen John Smoltz throw […]
Jair Jurrjens and Johan Santana from the same mold?
Jurrjens is going to miss his start against the Cubs today, but I was looking at a few things to get a better feel for his pitches before I saw that news alert, so forgive me for posting anyway. I was looking through Josh Kalk’s PITCHf/x player cards (a great resource if you’re interested in […]
Braves Check: Back to .500
It’s been a good week off for me, but in that time I managed to let some nasty folks break my blog. So, my apologies for that. It should be fixed now, even if Google and Firefox don’t think so. Here at jfwiii.net, our completely original motto is: “A Blog You Can Believe In,” and […]
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